Aura NEW Kobo Aura Impressions Thread!

[RobertJSawyer]

I_macd, or you want to be able to turn full justification off without running each book through Calibre; Kobo (and iBooks) support that, but Kindle does not. That's reason enough for me to stick with Kobo (although there are many other Kobo things I like, too).

[fredz]

Originally Posted by tls

Or you dislike the Kindle fonts and lighting.
The new PW might fix the lighting though, as you said.

And correct me if I'm wrong, Kindle still lack hyphenation.

[jackie_w]

...Or you dislike the fact that you have to jailbreak and hack a Kindle to get it to use current cover as screensaver or to use your calibre metadata to organise Collections/Shelves. Even then it's not as convenient as it is with a Kobo (or a Sony).

[Lyn2012]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

...Or you dislike the fact that you have to jailbreak and hack a Kindle to get it to use current cover as screensaver or to use your calibre metadata to organise Collections/Shelves. Even then it's not as convenient as it is with a Kobo (or a Sony).

I was just about to post exactly the same observations.

Tomorrow I'm going to see the new Aura for myself, and if there is one without light/dark spots, I might even buy it.

[dpoirier]

I haven't got my new Aura yet, but I'm upgrading from a 2nd gen Kindle - dark gray on lighter gray screen and slow as molasses, but once I get into a book, it doesn't matter in the least - I'm in the book, not looking at my ereader.

As long as the pages turn when I'm ready for them, I don't think any little imperfections are going to matter to me.

[neil74]

Well mine has some pin pricks! Only 3 and all near the edge of the screen, the furthest one in is half a cm from the edge, if I turn the brightness down to 50% only 1 is visible.

Still trying to decide if it's an issue or not. It's not perfect which is disappointing but given that on my PW I have never gone above 50% I'm still undecided.

I'm sure books will be perfectly readable on it

[soulfuldog]

Full justification, book covers as screensavers etc are likes/dislikes not reason to ignore something. Just like you wouldn't rule a Kobo out of consideration because of the blank screen space at the bottom of pages. If you want to be picky here are aspects of all ereaders that can be focused on, I just gave what I reckon are the only reasons for Jim to not even consider a Kindle if he was looking at other options.

[lilim]

Received shipping confirmation today for a pre-order. Its with FedEx, left Hong Kong today, and should be to California by Monday.

[tls]

Originally Posted by l_macd

Just like you wouldn't rule a Kobo out of consideration because of the blank screen space at the bottom of pages.

Errrm, actually the blank space is really beginning to irritate me. Look at this photo - I may as well not have the bottom 1" of my eReader.

[neil74]

Mmm!

Forget the bloody light leaks, the OS is bloody pile of poo. In my first hour the reader has frozen totally twice needing use of the reset button.

Not impressed

[PeterT]

@neil74: Thats bizarre as it's the same O/S on all other Kobo ePub devices.

Also realize that coming here with an attitude like that will not endear you to the community who offer a great deal of support.

[mr_nihilism]

Three trips to !ndigo, but I now have an Aura without any issues with the seal between the bazel and the metal. The irony is that I was worried about a stuck/dead pixel.

Happy now.

[neil74]

Make that 5 freezes in the first 2 hours.

I am navigating and then the device just freezes, non-responsive. I have to stick a pin in the reset button to get it to work again.

[tlaine]

Originally Posted by mr_nihilism

Three trips to !ndigo, but I now have an Aura without any issues with the seal between the bazel and the metal.

Happy now.

There's something to be said for buying locally, you could show them. Try explaining it on the phone and then try taking a pic of that issue when they request it.

**

Received replacement device today, October 9th. Same issue but to a lesser degree. I'm not willing to deal with them any longer, trying to get an acceptable replacement.

[neil74]

Originally Posted by PeterT

@neil74: Thats bizarre as it's the same O/S on all other Kobo ePub devices.

Also realize that coming here with an attitude like that will not endear you to the community who offer a great deal of support.

Eh? What have I said that will offend anybody on here? Or is criticising the aura not allowed?

I am granted only 2 hours in but to say it is buggy is an understatement.